Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK

Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks pos...

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Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Antonio Vicent Civera, Paula Baptista, Anna Berlin, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Jaime Cubero, Nik Cunniffe, Eduardo de laPeña, Nicolas Desneux, Francesco Di Serio, Anna Filipiak, Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska, Hervé Jactel, Blanca B. Landa, Lara Maistrello, David Makowski, Panagiotis Milonas, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Roel Potting, Hanna Susi, Dirk Jan van DerGaag, Andrea Battisti, Claude Bragard, Christer Sven Magnusson, Hugo Mas, Daniel Rigling, Massimo Faccoli, Alžběta Mikulová, Fabio Stergulc, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Franz Streissl, Paolo Gonthier
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9384
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author EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
Antonio Vicent Civera
Paula Baptista
Anna Berlin
Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
Jaime Cubero
Nik Cunniffe
Eduardo de laPeña
Nicolas Desneux
Francesco Di Serio
Anna Filipiak
Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska
Hervé Jactel
Blanca B. Landa
Lara Maistrello
David Makowski
Panagiotis Milonas
Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Roel Potting
Hanna Susi
Dirk Jan van DerGaag
Andrea Battisti
Claude Bragard
Christer Sven Magnusson
Hugo Mas
Daniel Rigling
Massimo Faccoli
Alžběta Mikulová
Fabio Stergulc
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Franz Streissl
Paolo Gonthier
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Anna Berlin
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Nicolas Desneux
Francesco Di Serio
Anna Filipiak
Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska
Hervé Jactel
Blanca B. Landa
Lara Maistrello
David Makowski
Panagiotis Milonas
Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Roel Potting
Hanna Susi
Dirk Jan van DerGaag
Andrea Battisti
Claude Bragard
Christer Sven Magnusson
Hugo Mas
Daniel Rigling
Massimo Faccoli
Alžběta Mikulová
Fabio Stergulc
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Franz Streissl
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description Abstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea imported from the United Kingdom (UK) as: (a) bundles of 1‐ to 2‐year old cuttings/graftwood, (b) 1‐ to 7‐year‐old bare root plants, (c) 1‐ to 2‐year‐old cell grown plants and (d) 2‐ to 15‐year‐old plants in pots, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. All pests associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. Two EU protected zone quarantine pests, i.e. Bemisia tabaci (European populations) and Entoleuca mammata, and one EU quarantine pest, i.e. Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates), fulfilled all relevant criteria and were selected for further evaluation. For the selected pests, the risk mitigation measures described in the technical dossier from the UK were evaluated. Expert judgements were given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pests, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The age of the plants was considered, reasoning that older trees are more likely to be infested mainly due to longer exposure time and larger size. The degree of pest freedom varies between the pests evaluated, with P. ramorum being the pest most frequently expected on the imported plants. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation (EKE) indicated with 95% certainty that between 9738 and 10,000 rooted S. caprea and S. cinerea plants in pots (2 to 15‐year‐old) per 10,000 will be free from P. ramorum.
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spelling doaj-art-7da5cd2b38e14295a73fe7ce9362df6d2025-08-20T03:28:54ZengWileyEFSA Journal1831-47322025-04-01234n/an/a10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9384Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UKEFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)Antonio Vicent CiveraPaula BaptistaAnna BerlinElisavet ChatzivassiliouJaime CuberoNik CunniffeEduardo de laPeñaNicolas DesneuxFrancesco Di SerioAnna FilipiakBeata Hasiów‐JaroszewskaHervé JactelBlanca B. LandaLara MaistrelloDavid MakowskiPanagiotis MilonasNikos T. PapadopoulosRoel PottingHanna SusiDirk Jan van DerGaagAndrea BattistiClaude BragardChrister Sven MagnussonHugo MasDaniel RiglingMassimo FaccoliAlžběta MikulováFabio StergulcOlaf Mosbach‐SchulzFranz StreisslPaolo GonthierAbstract The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to prepare and deliver risk assessments for commodities listed in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 as ‘High risk plants, plant products and other objects’. This Scientific Opinion covers plant health risks posed by plants of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea imported from the United Kingdom (UK) as: (a) bundles of 1‐ to 2‐year old cuttings/graftwood, (b) 1‐ to 7‐year‐old bare root plants, (c) 1‐ to 2‐year‐old cell grown plants and (d) 2‐ to 15‐year‐old plants in pots, taking into account the available scientific information, including the technical information provided by the UK. All pests associated with the commodities were evaluated against specific criteria for their relevance for this opinion. Two EU protected zone quarantine pests, i.e. Bemisia tabaci (European populations) and Entoleuca mammata, and one EU quarantine pest, i.e. Phytophthora ramorum (non‐EU isolates), fulfilled all relevant criteria and were selected for further evaluation. For the selected pests, the risk mitigation measures described in the technical dossier from the UK were evaluated. Expert judgements were given on the likelihood of pest freedom taking into consideration the risk mitigation measures acting on the pests, including uncertainties associated with the assessment. The age of the plants was considered, reasoning that older trees are more likely to be infested mainly due to longer exposure time and larger size. The degree of pest freedom varies between the pests evaluated, with P. ramorum being the pest most frequently expected on the imported plants. The Expert Knowledge Elicitation (EKE) indicated with 95% certainty that between 9738 and 10,000 rooted S. caprea and S. cinerea plants in pots (2 to 15‐year‐old) per 10,000 will be free from P. ramorum.https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9384commodity risk assessmentEuropean Unionplant healthplant pestwillow
spellingShingle EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH)
Antonio Vicent Civera
Paula Baptista
Anna Berlin
Elisavet Chatzivassiliou
Jaime Cubero
Nik Cunniffe
Eduardo de laPeña
Nicolas Desneux
Francesco Di Serio
Anna Filipiak
Beata Hasiów‐Jaroszewska
Hervé Jactel
Blanca B. Landa
Lara Maistrello
David Makowski
Panagiotis Milonas
Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Roel Potting
Hanna Susi
Dirk Jan van DerGaag
Andrea Battisti
Claude Bragard
Christer Sven Magnusson
Hugo Mas
Daniel Rigling
Massimo Faccoli
Alžběta Mikulová
Fabio Stergulc
Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz
Franz Streissl
Paolo Gonthier
Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
EFSA Journal
commodity risk assessment
European Union
plant health
plant pest
willow
title Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
title_full Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
title_fullStr Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
title_full_unstemmed Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
title_short Commodity risk assessment of Salix caprea and Salix cinerea plants from the UK
title_sort commodity risk assessment of salix caprea and salix cinerea plants from the uk
topic commodity risk assessment
European Union
plant health
plant pest
willow
url https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9384
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